{"id":41368,"date":"2019-12-29T08:57:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41368"},"modified":"2019-12-29T08:57:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:57:52","slug":"free-radio-skybirds-last-flight-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybirds-last-flight-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Radio Skybird\u2019s last flight of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weedsuptomeknees.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Madtone<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41370\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird-nye-2019_2tbc-e1577624209797.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41370\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/free-radio-skybird-nye-2019_2tbc-e1577624209797.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The last transmission of 2019 from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/half-gifts.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/interview-dj-frederick.html\">DJ Frederick\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird\u00a0<\/strong>will be on<strong>\u00a0Tuesday December 31st\u00a0<\/strong>at<strong>\u00a00900 UTC\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>6070 kHz<\/strong>\u00a0shortwave via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel292.de\/\">Channel 292.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>The show will be rebroadcast on\u00a0<strong>Sunday 5th January<\/strong>\u00a0at<strong>\u00a01100 UTC\/UK\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>7440 kHz.<\/strong>\u00a0If you haven\u2019t got a suitable shortwave set it can also be heard on the SDR link on Channel 292\u2019s site\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=6070am\">here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901\/?tune=6070am\">.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme will feature\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothismedias.com\/\"><strong>Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><strong>Radiophonic Laboratory<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>One Deck Pete<\/strong>\u00a0(from\u00a0<em>Weeds up to me knees<\/em>) presenting the\u00a0<strong>Skybird Mailbag<\/strong>. There\u2019ll also be an airing of Pete\u2019s\u00a0<strong>\u201cNine and a half minutes at ninety BPM\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0that has new tunes from:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frapp-weatnurecords.bandcamp.com\/\">Frapp<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blundettoofficial.bandcamp.com\/\">Blundetto<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alaerecords.bandcamp.com\/\">Lama\u2019s Dream<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shazam.com\/artist\/40419829\/mario-pinosa-trio\"><strong>Mario Pinosa Trio<\/strong><\/a>. Mixes from previous shows are available at our audio podcast page\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/weedsuptomeknees.wordpress.com\/sounds-from-the-south\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/djfrederick\"><strong>DJ Frederick\u2019s Soundcloud page<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a day or so before transmission date if you want to hear it in true stereo but we here prefer the show via the ionosphere. Tune in and turn on! #shortwavesnotdead #madtone #freeradioskybird<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/channel-292-transmission-zone-e1577624157714.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41369\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/channel-292-transmission-zone-e1577624157714.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way we\u2019re always looking for decent tunes to play on our spot on\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird.<\/strong>\u00a0If you know of anything \u201cup our street\u201d so to speak, do contact us via the blog or at onedeckpete (at) gmail (dot) com and if we like it we\u2019ll play it.\u00a0<strong>Free Radio Skybird<\/strong>\u00a0is now available via 5 FM stations in the USA\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicalwscs.org\/\">WSCS<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radio-locator.com\/info\/WMNB-FL\"><strong>WMNB<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kbog.org\/\"><strong>KBOG<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kows92-5.org\/\"><strong>KOWS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WEJP-LP\"><strong>WEJP<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as well as good old shortwave via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel292.de\/\"><strong>Channel 292<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the above is the transmission zone when the conditions are good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source:\u00a0Pete Madtone) The last transmission of 2019 from\u00a0DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0will be on\u00a0Tuesday December 31st\u00a0at\u00a00900 UTC\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0shortwave via\u00a0Channel 292.\u00a0The show will be rebroadcast on\u00a0Sunday 5th January\u00a0at\u00a01100 UTC\/UK\u00a0on\u00a07440 kHz.\u00a0If you haven\u2019t got a suitable shortwave set it can also be heard on the SDR link on Channel 292\u2019s site\u00a0here. The programme will feature\u00a0Justin Patrick Moore\u2019s\u00a0Radiophonic Laboratory\u00a0and\u00a0One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[442,3,43,1167],"tags":[7928,7454,7455],"class_list":["post-41368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-free-radio-skybird","tag-madtone","tag-pete-polanyk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aLe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40530,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/free-radio-skybird-returns-november-17-24\/","url_meta":{"origin":41368,"position":0},"title":"Free Radio Skybird returns November 17 &#038; 24","author":"Thomas","date":"November 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Pete Madtone) On\u00a0Sunday 17th November\u00a0at\u00a01300 UTC\u00a0there\u2019s a new transmission from DJ Frederick\u2019s\u00a0Free Radio Skybird\u00a0on\u00a06070 kHz\u00a0shortwave by\u00a0Channel 292\u00a0and if you haven\u2019t got a suitable radio it can also be heard on the SDR link on their site\u00a0here. 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